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1922. NEW Z E ALAND.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. ANNUAL REPORT OF DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF HEALTH.

Presented, in pursuance of Section 70 of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909.

CO N T E'NTS. Reports of— page Director-General of Health ".. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..2 Director, Division of Public Hygiene .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 Director, Division of Hospitals .. . . . . . . .. .. .. .. 17 Director, Division of Child Welfare .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 21 Director, Division of Nursing .. . . . . .. .. .. . . .. 25 Director, Division of School Hygiene . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. 27 Director, Division of Dental Hygiene .. .. .. . . .. .. . . 32 Director, Division of Maori Hygiene .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 34 Part I.—General Survey. Section 1. —General Administration : Public Health; Notifiable and Non-notifiable Diseases .. .. ..2 Section 2.—Departmental Finance .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. 3 Sections. —Divisional Reports : Hospitals; Child Welfare j School Hygiene ; Nursing; Dental Hygiene ; Maori Hygiene . . ■ ■ .. • ■ ■ ■ .. ■ ■ .. .. .. .. 4 Section 4.—Board of Health, &c.; Medical Board ; Masseurs Registration Act; Plumbers Registration Act ... 5 Part ll.—Public Hygiene. Section I.—Vital Statistics : Population ; Births, Birth-rate, Still-births ; Deaths, Death-rates ; Infant Mortality (i Section 2.—Notifiable Diseases : Scarlet Fever ; Diphtheria ; Enteric Fever-; Tuberculosis ; Cerebro-spinal Meningitis; Acute Poliomyelitis; Puerperal Septicaemia; Erysipelas; Influenza: Pneumonia; Leprosy; Distribution by Months a id Districts ; Age and Sex Distribution .. .. .. .. "..8 Section 3.—Non-notifiable Diseases: Measles and Whooping-cough; Cancer'; Venereal Diseases; Treatment of Sailors .. •. ■. ■ • ■ • • • • • • • • . .. .. 13 Section 4.—Quarantine and Port Sanitary Work : Plague; Inspections of Overseas Vessels .. .. ..14 Section s.—Bacteriological Laboratories : Statistical Data .. .. .. .. .. ..14 Section (i.—Sale of Food and Drugs Act: Tables ; Samples of Milk and other Foodstuffs taken ; Weighings ; I irspeetions and Results .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .'.15 Section 7.—General: Preventive and Sanitary Administration .. .. .. .. .. ..17 Part lll.—Hospitals. Section 1, —General Administration: Base Hospitals; Hospital Records; Minimum Standards; Clinical Laboratories ; Hospital Dietiticrans ; Stores Systems .. .. . . . . .. .. ■ .. 17 Section 2.—lnstitutions: Transfer-from Defence Department; Orthopicdic Cases ; Functional Diseases of Nervous System ; Hanmer, Treatment of Women ; Pukeora Sanatorium ; Cashmere Military Sanatorium ; Statistics : King George V Hospital, Rotorua; Crippled Children, Treatment and Education; Queen Mary Hospital. Hanmer; Otaki Hospital; Otaki Sanatorium, Result, of Treatment; Pukeora Sanatorium. Constructional Work, Medical Superintendent's Report, Value of Early Diagnosis iir Tuberculosis.. . . .. 18 Section 3.—State Maternity Hospitals : St. Helens Hospitals ; Statistics and Comments .. .. ..20 Part IV.—Child Welfare. Section I.—General Administration: Educational —Booklet for Husband anil Wife, Distribution of ; Lectures; Demonstrations; Addresses ; Moving Piotures; Work of Pliurket Nurse; Instructions to Midwives; Lectures on Pre-natal and Post-natal Care .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 21 Section 2.—lnfantile Mortality : Deaths in First Year ; Preventive Measures ; Rates.. .. .. ..22 Section 3. —School Hygiene ; Construction; Ventilation; Heating; Open-air Principle .. .. ..24 Section 4. —Runabouts and Pre-school Age: Nurseries; Kindergartens; Infant Schools; Hygienic Conditions ; Fresh Air and Sunshine, Value of ; Food and Feeding ; Effect of Poor Nutrition arrd Inactivity ; Graphs .. 24 Part V.—Nursino. Section I.—Nrrrses Registration Act: Overseas Nurses; Nurses in Government Departments; District Health Nursing ; Transfer of Nurses from Defence ; Plunket Nurses ; Dental Nurses ; Nurses' Superannuation ; Memorial Furrd .. . . .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 25 Section 2.—Midwives Act: Examinations ; Central Midwives Board, England ; Reciprocity with New Zealand ; St. Helens District Midwives .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2(i Section 3.—-Private Hospitals; Supervision; Accommodation; Private Maternity Homes; Maternity Cases in Private Houses .. .. . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . 27

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